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Two novels I taught this year were To Kill A Mockingbird and A Gathering of Old Men. Prior to and during reading these novels, I had the kids look at some songs, poems, and historical context. Here are a few of my favorite things concerning the race relations Read More...
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I am about to teach Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 to my College in the H.S. class; however, this is my first time teaching this novel. Does anyone have suggestions or advice? I have some ideas but would love to hear what you have to say. Read More...
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While I assess diction analysis papers, personal essay, and literary analysis essays this week in the evening, I have scheduled enrichment films for my students. Here they are:
Reading A Gathering of Old Men Malcolm X
Separate But Equal
Mississippi Burning Read More...
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When teaching denotation and connotation I use numerous poems in addition to the literature we are reading (The Crucible’s use of “cold” is an excellent example if you are reading it, which we just were). Here are three I use with my classes:
Alfred, Read More...
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Here is a list of my favorite literary works of length to teach: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
A Tale of Two Cities by Read More...
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I love using film clips or outside of class movies to enrich my students’ learning experiences, and the kids respond enthusiastically when I do use the cinema to enhance units. Any suggestions?
I have the following novels to teach this semester: To Kill Read More...
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Recently I decided to include more music into my lessons. I started this with my American Literature courses (the College in the High School and mainstream classes), and my students have reacted quote favorably.
Initially, I used The Who’s “Baba O’Rily” Read More...
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I took a few pictures of projects for the end of The Great Gatsby unit. Each pair of students had to create an artistic rendition based on a quotation (Eckleburg’s eyes were popular) with an explanation, a sonnet connecting three characters, three essay Read More...
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A while ago I mentioned that I had my students research topics for the era in which our novels take place. We then used their findings to create visually pleasing bulletin boards. The requirements were: to include at least one image for each researched Read More...
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Read More...
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While reading The Grapes of Wrath with my class this month, I introduced the idea of pragmatism to the students. I used the two primary facets of this philosophy to help analyze the novel. These two characteristics of pragmatism are: 1) truth is mutable, Read More...
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According to a new study in a Washington Post article:
At a time when more authors are writing more books for young people, fewer children are reading for pleasure. A recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts showed that the percentage of 13- Read More...
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The Repairman tagged me with this meme, and I’ve been quite slow to respond but here is mine.
THE RULES: Post a picture or make/take/create your own that captures what YOU are most passionate for kids to learn about.
Give your picture a short title.
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I love allusions. They’re one of the numerous reasons why I love language and the language arts. The other day I came across a great one, and I wondered how many people would catch the allusion. I laughed out loud and got a few looks of bewilderment from Read More...
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I use a lesson format I call the fish bowl. Really, it’s a modified Socratic Seminar except that every student is not required to be an active speaking participant.
I have 8-9 students circle up in the middle of the room with their notebooks and texts Read More...
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